A Million Dirty Secrets by C. L. Parker

Publisher: Bantam Books
Date published: August 2013
ISBN: 9780345548764
Erotic  Romance
Print
Reviewed by Gabrielle

Obtained via publisher

Rating: 3 Hearts

Delaine Talbot auctions herself off at an auction to save her family. Noah Crawford is the man who purchases her. Noah introduces Delaine to a whole new world of sexual needs and wants. Although he enjoys his time with Delaine he is determined to keep his heart locked away where she cannot touch it. Love cannot be denied but will the two embrace it or deny it themselves?

I found myself enjoying Noah. He may come off as a big bad rich boy but he is hiding a big heart under it all. Pain has Noah building walls around his heart. This is a hot read that pulls you in to their world. You get both Noah’s and Delaine’s points of view and get to watch the two fall in love but readers are left with a cliffhanger and you must read the next book to see just what happens next. Watching the two open up and begin their relationship was a nice read. Delaine is a good woman. She sacrifices two years of her life to be able to help her family.

There is a lot of drama alongside the sex. Although Delaine is an innocent in Noah’s world she never lets it bring her down and she shows her strength. This is a hot read that gives readers characters full of emotions. Not only do we get a sexy story but we also get a storyline that pulls you in. I cannot wait to see what happens to Noah and Delaine’s relationship in the next book.

This is an objective review and not an endorsement of this book.

The Life List by Lori Nelson Spielman

Publisher: Bantam Books

Date published: July 2013

ISBN: 978-0-345-54087-4

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Book format: Paperback

Obtained via: Publisher

Reviewed by: Marieke

Brett Bohlinger's mother dies after a short illness. She leaves Brett’s brothers and her sister-in law a lot of money and a multi-million dollar company. She leaves Brett the life list she made when she was fourteen and the news she will only receive her inheritance when she fulfills the final ten goals. 

Those goals include becoming a teacher, having a good relationship with her father, falling in love and having a baby, which her current boyfriend doesn’t like very much. And does she really love him?

Her mother’s lawyer Brad Midar guides her along the way and there is an attraction between them. But Brad has a girlfriend.

For her new job as a homebound teacher she needs to report to a psychologist about one of her more troubled students. They get along great and there also develops some form of attraction, but they never seem to be able to get to getter and meet.

Then a final gentleman comes into the picture just as all hell breaks loose and Brett is asked to adopt the baby of her students when she dies of complications from the pregnancy.

Which man will be her Mister Right?

The first half of this story is very sad and at some point it all appears to be hopeless. You start to wonder why Brett’s mother would put her through all this. But then when she starts to teach, it gets better. Life seems less desperate and you can feel the hope growing.

All the men, except her first boyfriend, have wonderful personalities and are good candidates for a long term relationship.

When she finds out the man who she thought was her father wasn’t her real dad, she starts looking for her biological father. That search brings understanding and some peace with the past, which I loved to read.

The story is very well written and you don’t know the ending until the very last chapter That makes this story pretty unique.

The thing that bothered me was the enormity of all the drama in the first halve of the book. It was so bad that it became a little unbelievable to me. But the second halve made up a lot.

So yes it is a wonderful book and I would recommend it to read.

This is not an endorsement of this book. This is an objective unbiased review.